Pectol pleaded guilty in November to disrupting the red-eye flight from Phoenix on Oct. 11. The plane made an emergency landing at Pittsburgh International Airport to remove him before it resumed its trip to New York.

Authorities say Pectol ignored instructions to remain in his seat, threw his belongings and fought attendants and passengers when they restrained him.

He's also facing three years of probation. Pectol is from Mapleton, Utah.

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